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Topic: Various playoff schemes applied to this season

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Cincydawg

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Re: Various playoff schemes applied to this season
« Reply #42 on: December 11, 2022, 11:11:21 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 11, 2022, 11:05:48 AM
not sure why there's a stigma regarding rematches in college football
I THINK for some it's because you can end up with the ambiguity of a 1-1 split ... I don't mind.
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Re: Various playoff schemes applied to this season
« Reply #43 on: December 11, 2022, 11:20:27 AM »
best 2 outta 3 would be better
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Re: Various playoff schemes applied to this season
« Reply #44 on: December 11, 2022, 11:26:04 AM »
Humans prefer, often, some  level of certainty in athletic outcomes that really is not realistic.

Competitive games often hinge on the random and unpredictable.
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Re: Various playoff schemes applied to this season
« Reply #45 on: December 11, 2022, 12:39:05 PM »
well, if team A beats team B by 40 points, there's no need to see Team A beat team B, by 35 in a rematch, but if the games are good close contests that are entertaining, I see it as a good thing
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Re: Various playoff schemes applied to this season
« Reply #46 on: December 11, 2022, 01:08:37 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 11, 2022, 12:39:05 PM
well, if team A beats team B by 40 points, there's no need to see Team A beat team B, by 35 in a rematch, but if the games are good close contests that are entertaining, I see it as a good thing
The problem is, and it's not as often the case, that close game isn't an 'accurate' barometer of how that game would go a 2nd time.  Same with the blowout game initially.....could be very close the 2nd time.
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People need to understand that single-game outcomes are more like a trend and not a truth.
I feel like most people who hated the BCS computers didn't understand that.  It's the reason a team could win big vs a shitty opponent and move down/lose to a top team and move up. 
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Re: Various playoff schemes applied to this season
« Reply #47 on: December 11, 2022, 01:37:02 PM »
I can't think of a rematch that didn't involve competitive teams unlikely to have lost by 40.  A rematch can only occur in post season so both teams should be roughly comparable with perhaps an odd exception where one side is from a very weak division in a conference.  UGA could have played LSU this past year in the regular season and perhaps had a rematch.  Maybe both games would have been 20+ point spreads.
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Re: Various playoff schemes applied to this season
« Reply #48 on: December 11, 2022, 05:19:37 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 11, 2022, 01:37:02 PM
I can't think of a rematch that didn't involve competitive teams unlikely to have lost by 40.  A rematch can only occur in post season so both teams should be roughly comparable with perhaps an odd exception where one side is from a very weak division in a conference.  UGA could have played LSU this past year in the regular season and perhaps had a rematch.  Maybe both games would have been 20+ point spreads.
FSU 24
Fla   21
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Rematch in Sugar (96)
FSU 20
Fla   52
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LSU 7
Miss 3
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Rematch in Sugar (60)
LSU 0
Miss 21
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OSU  41
UCLA 20
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Rematch in Rose (75)
OSU  10
UCLA 23
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ND   24
LSU  6
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Rematch in Independence (96)
ND   9
LSU  27
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Md    31
WV    7
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Rematch in Gator (03)
Md    41
WV    7
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Re: Various playoff schemes applied to this season
« Reply #49 on: December 11, 2022, 05:21:09 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on December 11, 2022, 11:05:48 AM
not sure why there's a stigma regarding rematches in college football
Uhhh, because there's a stigma regarding mulligans in high-stakes golf.
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Re: Various playoff schemes applied to this season
« Reply #50 on: December 11, 2022, 05:22:04 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on December 11, 2022, 01:37:02 PM
I can't think of a rematch that didn't involve competitive teams unlikely to have lost by 40.  A rematch can only occur in post season so both teams should be roughly comparable with perhaps an odd exception where one side is from a very weak division in a conference.  UGA could have played LSU this past year in the regular season and perhaps had a rematch.  Maybe both games would have been 20+ point spreads.
You've gone down some strange tangent all by yourself into a dark wood.
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